Chen Sau Soon
Chen Sau Soon has been with SIRIM for more than 30 years working as a researcher
attached to a number of technology areas covering metalworking, chemical
technology and environment and energy. In the field of environmental and energy
technology, she has implemented and managed a number of industrial, government
and collaborative international R&D projects using biotechnology and
physicochemical technology for hazardous waste treatment, wastewater treatment
and waste management technologies, environmental and health risk assessment,
cleaner technology, life cycle assessment, and renewable energy generation. Her
latest projects cover sustainable production and consumption approaches, biogas
from anaerobic fermentation of organic wastewater, biological deodourisation and
photocatalytic treatment, in particular using solar energy for decontamination and
disinfection. She is currently leading two projects, one national and another
international, to develop carbon footprint labelling in the country. Her latest
approved project will look into developing ecodesign of products and processe to
address concerns of climate change, resource scarcity and continual degradation of
the environment. She is also a member of the Working Group Experts for the Economic
Research Institute of ASEAN (ERIA) Project on Sustainable Utilisation of Biomass for East
Asia.